The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-06-11
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MAJ. has heen a wonderful ueSe'oP"'"
.s;n,eres, of late in the subject OF inc '"'
interests of this city, awakened no uOao'o'
a.. ,..snt enormous growth Of the Pioneer
m, nr.of Construction Company's plant On
As hydraulic Lasin, as we'll as by the grow"
AZ ,he works At suburb, Brickton' Inc III
,.,,s, has been further stimulated by the an'
,sancement of the organization OF the n'"
,,e,.~. s,oneware Co. Now Mr.. Porter Is
Investigating the sub ject with view 70 n"u
-, wba, Ottawa can offer in the way OF
saays for white, yellow and Rockingham
xarss, the centres Of manufacture OF "n'o"
,-.,es are now Trenton, n j., and East Inv
rpool, o.. with important po''eries !"
sheeling, steubenville, o., Evansville ina,,
Beaver Falls, Pa, and few other cities' all
IN the eastern states.
Claws for these purposes are by no means
,ommon; nevertheless we are conhdeh' they
IAN be found near Ottawa. They do not dii'
for greatly from those used for stoneware'
sbe chief difference being that stoneware
claws contain a greater percentage OF oAiue
If iron. The clays should be white and burn
a,s white or nearly white body, and should
n, such as to take lead or borax glaze win
.b;eb all those wares are finished. No dit
soul,y in finding such clays are apprehend
nd, M at least three potters. one an EAST LiV-
,ypool man, experienced in the manufacture
J these wares, claims to have found them
chem near to Ottawa. However there Is
nly one test for clays-and that is the Kiln;
and that test is yet to be made. ms test
,lu no made sooner or later ard should
sse claws prove as it is expected they Will,
.e doubt not their manufacture into the bet
..r grades Of pottery will soon follow
Every town should, be believe, make n
,,ecial effort to work up herself or bring to
serself men who will work up for her, The
,sw materials she has; give spe2i'l promi-
osuce to the lines Of manufacture tor when
.Ae is particularly suited for These IN VI
s,va are the clays and sands-ceramics ana
IA will be her own fault If she does not DC
rsne the great ceramic city of the west
;Aould her clays produce white wares II
say be said there are few if any ceramic
usre, she would be incapable of manufac
lsring
There is at this moment splendid open
sug for sewer-pipe works. The business IL
good new works are going up In the ohie
.;,sr district: also new works at st. Louis
che demand being greater than the supply
che demand is not likely to lessen, since
.odern sanitary engineering in the construc
Jon of sewers for both large and small cit
rs has practically discarded brick and SUB
sii,uted salt glazed pipe; and in some OF tn
great cities start has been made which
eoints to q vastly increased use Of sewer
e,pe of the smaller sizes tor inside piping IL
place Of iron and lead pipe. This is par'ic
.lsrly true Of Brooklyn, the first city t.
Modify the rules governing plumbers TO al
bow the use Of salt glazed pipe, The reform
. sure to come to the front in other cities
The FREE TRADER believes that real effor
M this direction could secure the location o
ssch a works here, which would be the near
~ works in the country to the Chicago mar
kes. Sewer. pipe is too bulky to haul from
n. Louis, or from Akron and Columbian
sssnty, Ohio, in competition with fiat boa
sxtes on the Illinois and Michigan canal iron
3,xxa 10 Chicago, should rail rates be to-
sigh.
This is but one Of the many wares Ottaw
sssld make: town that We firmly beIiev
s,p I've made large city from clay and san
stone. Were the water power improve
Aeye could be no question of her possibl
supremacy in ceramics>fn the west, thoug
Aere is little question Of it now, III sewers
Kinds Of ware AT least.